3) The bar opens at 5:30 and the meal is at 6:30 on Friday (April20th).

4) Today (Thursday) is your last chance to get in on Friday's meal deal.

5) Just a friendly reminder. Up this way, its not been much of a Spring. Shaking down the bike yesterday for a couple hundred miles revealed dirty roads, large pot holes and plenty of dirt/ gravel here and there. I don't know what the roads are like where you are from or what roads you'll be taking to START, but just a reminder that the road surface may have changed since you rode it last and there may be a few more ...challenges..... on the roadway to be on the lookout for!

Kinsley and I are very much looking forward to seeing you all next week!

To make an on-line reservation at the GROUP RATE, please follow these instructions:

You can also call the hotel at 828-295-4300 and use group code:BMW Motorcycle Group or 80418B

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....... as of 8:45 PM EST April 15th, 2018

as of April 15th, 08:45pm

We're a month out from Blowing Rock and here is a link to the START 2018 Routes .Note: Route 1 goes to Shatley Springs and they said they will be very busy on Saturday, so you may want to ride that route on another day to avoid crowds.

Several of us have had the same issue. I'm sure the problem is that the reservations site shows the rooms as "blocked", and won't allow them to be reserved online. I'm sure calling the hotel will work just fine.

EDIT: just called the hotel and reserved a room for Bob (Endobobdds), and me.